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History Of The The Arts And Sciences For 1797.
HISTORY OF THE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOR 1797 .
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SPECIFICATION Of PATENTS GRANTED IS j ANTJAIW A ^ O 5 E 8 RUARY . f ~ \ yi the ist of January , 1797 , letters patent were granted to George ^ Coates , of Edward-street , Christ Church , Surry , carpenter , tor a machine which facilitates the manufacture of horse-sh ies , nails , and other articles of smith-work . A frame , like those used in rollingmills , which may be worked either by steam or horses , is adopted
for this purpose . A mould of the article to be manufactured , filled with iron , is placed between the rollers ; and the pressure which the mould thence receives in the operation , gives the material its required form , JANUARY 24 th . Letters patent were granted to the Rev . Robert Ferryman , rector of lying in Sussex , for a hand-mill , for the more convenient grinding , blanching , and dressing of corn in a domestic manner .
Through the middle of a large cheek frame passes an iron axle , on one end of which is affixed a fly-wheel , and on the other a common winch and lever handle , by which it is terned ; and by means of a fluted rollerin the middle , the corn is ground . The first action brings the corn through all its processes , till it is received by a drawer at the bottom : herein it has an advantage ( by avoiding shifting ) over all other hand-mills .
JANUARY 24 th . Letters patent were granted to Timothy Sheldrake , of the Strand , truss-maker , for his newly invented method of curing deformities , which , arise from , or are connected with , a distortion in the form , or in the combination of the bones . The principle of this invention consists in the repeated application of a spring or springsto be lied with bandagesand by
instru-, app , ments , in such a manner , that the spring shall be constantly acting to correct the disease , and have its powers so varied and modified , according to the circumstances , as to diminish the deformities gradually , tiil they are totally removed . . This principle is thus applied to various cases cf distortion :
First . In those which arise from the improper form of the bones , as that of curvature in the bones of the legs . The application of the spring is equally simple and useful , whether the bend be inward , outward , or forward . Secondly . In cases in which deformity arises from an improper combination of the bones , as in that occasioned by the knee bending inward , while the bones of the leg and thig h are straight and perfect , 7 'hirdly . In those distortions which arise from defects in muscular action , whatever may be the cause of those defects ; as in the case which is occasioned by the contraction of the gastrocnimii muscles
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History Of The The Arts And Sciences For 1797.
HISTORY OF THE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOR 1797 .
[ COttCL-OPED EilOM 01 )» LAST . j
SPECIFICATION Of PATENTS GRANTED IS j ANTJAIW A ^ O 5 E 8 RUARY . f ~ \ yi the ist of January , 1797 , letters patent were granted to George ^ Coates , of Edward-street , Christ Church , Surry , carpenter , tor a machine which facilitates the manufacture of horse-sh ies , nails , and other articles of smith-work . A frame , like those used in rollingmills , which may be worked either by steam or horses , is adopted
for this purpose . A mould of the article to be manufactured , filled with iron , is placed between the rollers ; and the pressure which the mould thence receives in the operation , gives the material its required form , JANUARY 24 th . Letters patent were granted to the Rev . Robert Ferryman , rector of lying in Sussex , for a hand-mill , for the more convenient grinding , blanching , and dressing of corn in a domestic manner .
Through the middle of a large cheek frame passes an iron axle , on one end of which is affixed a fly-wheel , and on the other a common winch and lever handle , by which it is terned ; and by means of a fluted rollerin the middle , the corn is ground . The first action brings the corn through all its processes , till it is received by a drawer at the bottom : herein it has an advantage ( by avoiding shifting ) over all other hand-mills .
JANUARY 24 th . Letters patent were granted to Timothy Sheldrake , of the Strand , truss-maker , for his newly invented method of curing deformities , which , arise from , or are connected with , a distortion in the form , or in the combination of the bones . The principle of this invention consists in the repeated application of a spring or springsto be lied with bandagesand by
instru-, app , ments , in such a manner , that the spring shall be constantly acting to correct the disease , and have its powers so varied and modified , according to the circumstances , as to diminish the deformities gradually , tiil they are totally removed . . This principle is thus applied to various cases cf distortion :
First . In those which arise from the improper form of the bones , as that of curvature in the bones of the legs . The application of the spring is equally simple and useful , whether the bend be inward , outward , or forward . Secondly . In cases in which deformity arises from an improper combination of the bones , as in that occasioned by the knee bending inward , while the bones of the leg and thig h are straight and perfect , 7 'hirdly . In those distortions which arise from defects in muscular action , whatever may be the cause of those defects ; as in the case which is occasioned by the contraction of the gastrocnimii muscles